Mesotriton alpestris. The alpine newt. I can’t forget how excited I was as a kid when I discovered a “new” species of animal in a somewhat isolated source of a local stream. Climbing through bushes downhill was also part of the fun. Tiny little creatures.
The most exciting aspect of engaging in craft activities is the opportunity to learn and discover efficient ways to accomplish tasks without too much hassle. There are various creative methods to achieve the desired results, with some proving genuinely helpful, while others simply turn into not more than enjoyable experiments.
Embarking on my newfound passion for grapevine pruning and exploring the wine making techniques, I took the leap last year and planted a couple of grapevines in my backyard. Opting for PIWI varieties – hybrids of European Vitis vinifera and various American and Asian grapevines – my aim was to harness their disease resistance and adaptability to colder climates, all while preserving a wine flavor reminiscent of classic vinifera.
The White Carniola Museum stores in its depot an intriguing diple chanter of local provenance with a tone hole arrangement that is not encountered anywhere
Instruments I’ve made from 2014 to 2021 (two chanter types – to some degree liberal replicas of the two chanters found in Museum of White
[Skrajšano besedilo prvotno objavljeno v reviji Folklornik (št. 13, 2017)] Predstavitev rekonstrukcije glasbil iz metliškega muzeja, ki sem ju v letu 2014 izdelal za FS
A reconstruction of a “mih” bagpipe of the village Golac, based on a preserved chanter fragment, displayed in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The instrument is
V letu 2014 sta bili na pobudo KUD Oton Župančič iz Vinice po sto letih premora izdelani repliki glasbil iz muzeja. Čeprav se zvočni zapisi igranja, ki bi jih zanesljivo lahko povezali z glasbiloma iz muzeja, niso ohranili, hrani Glasbenonarodnopisni inštitut nekatere posnetke igranja na piščali dvojnice in primere petja, ki pripadajo isti belokranjski glasbeni tradiciji.
A White Carniolan (Bela krajina, Slovenija) diple chanter made of lime wood I made in 2014. The wood is not much impressive by itself. But